What's the difference between a buffalo & bison? I don't know but I do know neither should be on the road. I guffawed when I saw the neon sign stating "beware of bison on the highway". Next thing, this thing is nibbling at the road edge. Its beginning to annoy me the amount of random animals the Canadians see fit to let roam around their main roads. Today I had hands on experience of elk (solid looking and skittish), moose (tall as a horse but more stupid looking), foxes (bigger than uk with white tail) & bears - lots of bears.
To be fair, they all seemed to be pretty non-plussed with human attention. I'm told they're just out of hibernation, groggy but hungry. This explains their disregard as I roll up on the motorbike. After a few minutes, they make eye contact. I leave.
Decided not to go too far into the Yukon. The distances are eye watering. 600 mile round trip to Whitehorse. It was a 150 mile off road to Telegraph Creek too that I wimped out of (wrong tyres). I headed east & so will be more or less completing a circle of BC.I am now on the Alaska highway. It would be boring as the road is good & straightish for long stretches but the combination of mountain passes, rain & kamikaze elk kept me entertained. In the mountains, I came across a family of bison. The calves enjoyed randomly darting across the highway. There is no peace for a motorcyclist in Canada.
NB Alexander Keith's IPA is keeping me straight at the moment
Hi Dave,
ReplyDeleteonly just got on site. Looks great, safe trip, keep posting the pics. John said who put your bike back together out of the crate!! Take care John & Dawn ps they ran out of puncture patches on their Morocco trip!!
Good to hear from you. Tell Jono to get this stuff http://www.puncturesafe.co.uk/. I put the bike together. Its still in one piece - so far. See you soon. D.
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